Definition of Gonorhynchus

1. Noun. Slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth.

Exact synonyms: Genus Gonorhynchus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Gonorhynchidae, Gonorhynchidae
Member holonyms: Beaked Salmon, Gonorhynchus Gonorhynchus, Sandfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonorhynchus

Gond
Gondi
Gondwana
Gondwanaland
Gondwanalandic
Gongora
Gongorism
Gongorist
Gongylonema
Gongylonema ingluvicola
Gongylonema neoplasticum
Gongylonema pulchrum
Goniopteris
Gonne
Gonorhynchidae
Gonorhynchus (current term)
Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus
Gonyaulax catanella
Good Book
Good Friday
Good Fridays
Good King Henry
Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan law
Good Samaritan laws
Good Samaritans
Good Shepherd
Good Thing
Goodall
Goodell's dilator

Literary usage of Gonorhynchus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1868)
"Cape of Good Hope; Australian and Japanese seas. 1. Gonorhynchus greyi fig. ... Gonorhynchus abbreviatus ..."

2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... gonorhynchus is found in Australia and about the Cape of Good Hope. Numerous fossil species occur. ..."

3. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"BEAKED SALMON (Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus). snout, on the under side of which, and almost beneath the anterior half of the large eyes is the small mouth. ..."

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